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Too Much, Too Young Lyrics

You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me

oh no, no gimme no more pickni

You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a son
when you should be having fun with me

we don't want, we don't want
we don't want no more pickni

Ain't he cute?
No he ain't
He's just another burden
on the welfare state

You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me

no gimme,no gimme,no gimme no more pickni

Call me immature
Call me a poser
I'd love to spread manure in your bed of roses
Don't want to be rich
Don't want to be famous
But I'd really hate to have the same name as you
(you silly moo)

You've done too much
much too young
Now you're married with a kid
when you could be having fun with me

gi we de birth control, we no want no pickni

You've done too much
much too young
Now you're chained to the cooker
making currant buns for tea

oh no, no gimme no more pickni

Ain't you heard of the starving millions
Ain't you heard of contraception
Do you really a program of sterilization
Take control of the population boom
It's in your living room
Keep a generation gap
Try wearing a cap
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pickni means little'un

@tigersroamfree pickinnie is a black child ( old slang now vulgar).

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Pickni is Jamaican Slang for kids...

;)

@Danza african

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Skatastic song, heard this song for the first time i think while making out with a girlfriend i had, haha, good times

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An amazing song, especially the live version. The song is all about teenage pregnancy, getting pregnent too young and not being able to enjoy the rest of the teenage life.

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when he says 'try wearing a cap' he just sounds annoyed and fed up- I think that that's especially geared at his anger towards men always having a bad name for teenage pregnancy- when the female is acting just as bad.

condoms are just the safest way of making sure that you don't end up with a pickni. even when she tells you, that she is on birthcontrol. rather safe than sorry.

@tigersroamfree no just unplanned teenage pregnancies in the 80's were bad news and restricted your opportunity

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when he says 'try wearing a cap' he is refering to a condom and ne way great song eh' awesome

@skapunkChef wrong...cap= female contraception

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cap - a dutch cap. The song is about teenage pregnancy, but it's pretty misogynistic very much blaming the woman for having allowed herself to get pregnant and portraying her as stupid and unambitious.

That's really the point. It's a song of selfish frustration. He was young and single, had a thing for a young married woman with a child (with some reciprocation of feelings) but she/they put the child first so nothing happened.

Did you get that doctorate in Gender Studies yet?

BTW - what's a Dutch Cap?

@SuitBoy you never lived in the 80's!

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I think I've seen somewhere this song would not be played when it came out because of its views on birth control. Interesting.

@freddy wrong the band was ahead of its game this is a positive msg. No ban.

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Obviously about teenage pregnancy. Blunt but strong lyrics, brilliant song.

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what does pickni mean?

 
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